Public Intellectuals and pluralistic histories, by allowing us to generate and compare different perspectives, voices, and experiences from the past, or by highlighting the gaps and silences in the historical record. But it can also help us to expose and challenge the dominant and hegemonic narra- tives, by revealing the assumptions, interests, and power relations that shape them, or by offering alternative and counter-narratives that challenge them. Braudel: I agree. I think AI can be a powerful tool for his- torical dialogue and critique, by enabling us to engage with multiple and diverse sources of historical knowl- edge, and by stimulating us to question and rethink our own assumptions and interpretations. But I also think AI can be a dangerous tool for historical distortion and propaganda, by enabling us to fabricate and manipulate historical evidence, and by seducing us to accept and reproduce uncritically the outputs of the algorithms. Therefore, I think AI requires a high level of historical literacy and responsibility, both from the producers and the consumers of the generated outputs. Rodney: I think you are right. I think AI can be a valuable and innovative addition to the historian’s toolbox, but also a risky and controversial one. I think AI can enrich and enhance public discussions about history, but also complicate and problematize them. I think AI can open up new possibilities and opportunities for historical understanding and communication, but also pose new challenges and dilemmas for historical scholarship and education. I think AI can be a friend and a foe of history, depending on how we use it and how we evaluate it. Braudel: I think you have summarized the situation very well. I think AI is a fascinating and promising phenom- enon, but also a complex and uncertain one. I think AI is a historical opportunity and a historical challenge, and I think we should embrace it and confront it with 175